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. 2016 Dec 21;2016(12):CD010760. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010760.pub2

Whyatt 2015.

Trial name or title The Nintendo Wii as a balance rehabilitation tool for people with Parkinson’s disease: a preliminary home‐based study
Methods RCT
Participants 28 people with Parkinson’s disease
Inclusion criteria: clinical diagnosis of PD, MMSE ≥ 24
Exclusion criteria: vision or auditory deficits
Interventions Experimental group (EG: n = 19); control group (CG: n = 9)
6 weeks, participant chooses frequency and duration
EG: Wii Sports and Wii Fit balance board therapy including
Outcomes Outcomes recorded at baseline, postintervention.
Primary outcomes: Limits of Stability (NeuroCom Balance Master), static balance, dynamic balance
Secondary outcomes: activity diary, questionnaire, focus group
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Notes Ahead of print

H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr
 MDS‐UPDRS: Movement Disorder Society‐Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
 MMSE: Mini‐Mental State Examination
 PD: Parkinson's disease
 PDQ‐39: 39‐Item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire
 RCT: randomised controlled trial
 SF‐36: 36‐Item Short Form Health Survey
 UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating ScaleVR: virtual reality